Wing player Gilbert Brown remained inactive for Saturday night's game at Memorial Civic Center against Fort Wayne. Including Saturday, Brown has missed four straight games because of a groin injury. But it sounds like Brown is ready to return whenever needed, or when roster space allows. Charge head coach Steve Hetzel said Brown practiced the last three days and "looked great."

Home for the holidays

Charge players will get an opportunity to spend Christmas at their respective homes. After practicing Monday morning, the team won't practice again until Thursday evening, the day after Christmas.

"With the time these guys sacrifice away from their families, it's nice to give them that time back," Hetzel said.

Hetzel and his wife, Anne, will receive big news Thursday. The couple will find out if they're having a boy or girl. Anne is about four months pregnant.

• Forward Titus Robinson, an inactive player on Fort Wayne's roster, was one of the Charge's final training camp cuts last year. Robinson, a Mid-American Conference product from Buffalo, has played in one game for the Mad Ants this season.

• Each Charge player decorated a three-foot Christmas tree to a particular theme Thursday after practice. Those trees were auctioned off in the concourse during Saturday's game. All the proceeds go to the Stark County Hunger Task Force as part of the NBA D-League's Season of Giving. Guard Robert Hite's money-themed tree, complete with green and gold color scheme and dollar signs, was considered the best.